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Medicinal Plants and Industrial Crops: Phytochemistry and Metabolic Diseases II

A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Medicinal Chemistry".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2024) | Viewed by 1702

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Department of Medicinal Plant, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 862-0973, Japan
Interests: plant inventory; evaluation of growth environments and cultivation hotspots for useful plants using GIS/remote sensing; plant biotechnology; traditional medicine
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Medicinal and Biological Chemistry Science Farm Joint Research Laboratory, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 862-0973, Japan
Interests: biologically active compounds; virus; plant products
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Analytical Research Center for Experimental Sciences, Saga University, 1 Honjo-machi, Saga 840-8502, Japan
Interests: genetic diversity; medicinal and fruit plants; genomics and transcriptomics; plant biotechnology
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1. Vishnu Educational Development and Innovation Center (VEDIC), Lake View Campus, Aziz Nagar, Hyderabad 500075, India
2. BVRIT HYDERABAD College of Engineering for Women, Bachupally, Nizampet Rd., Hyderabad 500090, India
3. Global Center for Natural Resources Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 862-0973, Japan
Interests: remote sensing; GIS; satellite/UAV image analysis; IoTs; machine learning
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Dear Colleagues,

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the significance of medicinal plants and functional foods, which are beneficial plants, in bolstering the human body's immune system. These plants play a crucial role in the production of therapeutics for various illnesses, including transmissible, non-transmissible, and metabolic diseases. Medicinal plants from different parts of the world contain various types of secondary metabolites that have the ability to directly and indirectly enhance human health. The identification, diversity, cultivation, and conservation of these rare plant resources is essential for safeguarding human life from various dangers.

This Special Issue on “Medicinal Plants and Industrial Crops: Phytochemistry and Metabolic Diseases II” will focus on cutting-edge research related to medicinal plants, as well as the cultivation and processing of herbal drugs, for example, in conjunction with geographical information system technology. Articles allied to the identification and cultivation of various medicinal plants, extraction techniques for metabolites, and qualitative and quantitative techniques for determining their composition and pharmacological profile are invited from the researchers in different fields from all over the world. Original experimental papers, theoretical uses of rare plant resources, as well as reviews, communications, reports, and short notes on medicinal plant-based research topics are invited to contribute to this Special Issue.

Prof. Dr. Takashi Watanabe
Prof. Dr. Mikako Fujita
Dr. Yukio Nagano
Dr. Raju Aedla
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Keywords

  • ecological biochemistry
  • plant chemistry
  • molecular biology and genetics
  • structure and bioactivities of phytochemicals
  • molecular genetics and genomics
  • protein biochemistry and proteomics
  • chemistry and bioactive products
  • medicinal plants for high bio-mass yield and phytochemical content
  • medicinal plants and diseases
  • ecological and geographical information system

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Evaluation of Environmental Factor Effects on the Polyphenol and Flavonoid Content in the Leaves of Chrysanthemum indicum L. and Its Habitat Suitability Prediction Mapping
by Rei Uranishi, Raju Aedla, Doaa H. M. Alsaadi, Dongxing Wang, Ken Kusakari, Hirotaka Osaki, Koji Sugimura and Takashi Watanabe
Molecules 2024, 29(5), 927; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29050927 - 20 Feb 2024
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The leaves of Chrysanthemum indicum L. are known to have various bioactive compounds; however, industrial use is extremely limited. To overcome this situation by producing high-quality leaves with high bioactive content, this study examined the environmental factors affecting the phytochemical content and antioxidant [...] Read more.
The leaves of Chrysanthemum indicum L. are known to have various bioactive compounds; however, industrial use is extremely limited. To overcome this situation by producing high-quality leaves with high bioactive content, this study examined the environmental factors affecting the phytochemical content and antioxidant activity using C. indicum leaves collected from 22 sites in Kochi Prefecture, Japan. Total phenolic and flavonoid content in the dry leaves ranged between 15.0 and 64.1 (mg gallic acid g−1) and 2.3 and 11.4 (mg quercetin g−1), while the antioxidant activity (EC50) of the 50% ethanol extracts ranged between 28.0 and 123.2 (µg mL−1) in 1,1-Diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl radical scavenging assay. Among the identified compounds, chlorogenic acid and 1,5-dicaffeoylquinic acid were the main constituents in C. indicum leaves. The antioxidant activity demonstrated a positive correlation with 1,5-dicaffeoylquinic acid (R2 = 0.62) and 3,5-dicaffeoylquinic acid (R2 = 0.77). The content of chlorogenic acid and dicaffeoylquinic acid isomers varied significantly according to the effects of exchangeable magnesium, cation exchange capacity, annual temperature, and precipitation, based on analysis of variance. The habitat suitability map using the geographical information system and the MaxEnt model predicted very high and high regions, comprising 3.2% and 10.1% of the total area, respectively. These findings could be used in future cultivation to produce high-quality leaves of C. indicum. Full article
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